Garda circus of cash and chaos

Attention is moving to the money trail as the PAC inquiry into Templemore’s finances is set to widen beyond the Garda college, writes Mary Regan

Student gardaí form a guard of honour at the Templemore passing out parade

In the classic 1982 book Corporate Cultures: The Rites and Rituals of Corporate Life, organisational culture is defined as “how things get done around here when nobody is looking”.

As hearings got under way last week in Dublin Castle to examine the consequences for one individual of attempting to reveal how things were done in An Garda Síochána, another whistleblower has used this quote to describe “a similar naked abuse of power in ...